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ADOLPI-I RYDQUIST, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

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Application filed August 20,

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, Anonrrr RYn UIs'r, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending- Machines;and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exactdescrip tion of the invention, such as will enable t others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in vending machines, andparticularly to coin I controlled vending machines. I

One of the objects of the invention is the t vending of packages orarticles arranged to t be fed successively to a discharge chute upon theinsertion of a proper sized coin and the operating of the ejectingmechanism that is brought into operative relationship to the chute bythe insertion of said coin.

irllOtllGl object in view is the provision of improved means for vendinga plurality of kinds of merchandise in predetermined sizes and in bulkupon the insertion of the proper sized coin and the operation of theproper mechanism. t

A still further object of the invention is I the provision of improvedchutes and receptacles for containing packages of predetermined size andmaterial in l ulk to be vended, I ejecting mechanism arranged to ejectthe said packages or merchandise in bulk act cording to the position ofan operating coin t that has been passed into said ejecting mechanism,and means for detecting spurious coins and preventing the same fromcausing said ejecting means to vend any of said material to be vended.

\Vith these and other objects in view the invention comprises certainnovel construc tions, combinations and arrangement of parts as will hehereinafter more fully described and claimed.

in the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of acomplete ma chine embodying the features of the present invention. Fig.2 is a section through Fig. 1 approximately on line 2-2, certain partsbeing broken away to better disclose the operation. Fig. 3 is a rearelevation of the operating mechanism used in ejecting material to bevended. Fig. r is a section through Fig. 3 approximately on line 4-- 4.Fig. 5 is a. section through Fig. 3 approxi- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

1908. Serial No. 449,509.

mately on line Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of a pair of chutes forcontaining matter to be vended together with means for causing theproper vending of matter contained therein. Fig. 7 is a section throughFig. 6 on line 77. Fig. 8 is a detail fragmentary sectional viewapproximately on line S-8 of 6. Fig 9 is a bottom plan view of thestructure shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 10 is a front elevation, certain partsbeing broken away, of a slightly modified form of my invention showingmeans for vending packages of predetermined size and material in bulk.Fig. 11 is a section through Fig. 10 approxin'iately on line 1l11. Fig.12 is a detail view of a chamber and receptacle for containng materialin bulk. Fig. 13 is a section through Fig. 12 on line 13 13. Fig. it isa bottom plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 12. Fig. 15 is afragmentary sectional view approximately on line l515 of Fig. 14. Fig.16 is a detail fragmentary view of a spring and supporttherefor used inconnection with the mechanism shown in Fig. 12 for causing the materialtherein to be vended therefrom in successive steps. Fig. 17 is a rearview of the structure shown in Fig. 3 with the ejectors andcarriage-therefor removed. Fig. 18 is a side elevation of an ejector andcarriage removed. Fig. 19 is a section through the ejector and carriageapproximately on line 19-19 of Fig. 3. Fig. 20 is a. side View of alifting lever. Fig. 21 is a side iew of a ratchet arm. Fig. 22 is ahorizontal sec tion through Fig. 10 showing the chute magazines forholding merchandise to be vended in dotted lines. Fig. 23 is a sideelevation of a support, in supporting the magazines shown in Figs. 10and 22. Fig. 2stis a section through the support shown in Fig. Fig. 25is a detailed perspective view of a blade used on the ejectors forguiding the merchandise when ejected. Fig. 26 is a section through Fig.27 on line 26, 26. Fig. 27 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional Viewthrough the chutes shown in Figs. 10 and Referring to the drawing bynumerals, 1 indicates a housing of any desired kind, preferably arrangedso as to give a neat appearance for the various means used in holdingand vending the material desired to be sold. The housing 1 is adapted tocontain any desired number of frames 2 and 3 that hold the ejectingmechanism and yarious other associated mechanisms connected therewith.Positioned above the frames 2 and 3 is a door or removable front member4 preferably provided with a mirror upon which various advertisingmatter may be placed for advantageously setting forth the merits of thearticles desired to be vended or any other desired information.

The frameworks 2 and 3 are adapted to be identical and to contain thesame kind of mechanism and may be of any desired number according to thesize of housing 1. Positioned in one of these frameworks, as forinstance 2, is a plunger 26 adapted to operate an ejector, frame orcarriage 20 upon which are pivotally mounted ejecting members 7 and 8.The ejecting members 7 and 8 are adapted to operate independently sothat though the plunger rod 26 moves both of the ejecting members onlyone may operate for dispensing an article if it is so desired.

WVhen it is desired to vend an article from a tube or magazine 9 a coinof the proper size is inserted into an aperture 10 and the same slidesdown a slide or guide way formed by guiding plates 11, 12 and Plate 11is firmly secured to a plate 13 that in turn is rigidly secured to aframe 2. Plates 12 and 13 are pivotally mounted in upturned members14-14 and 15-15 of plate 13. The plates 12 and -13 are bent over towardplate 11 and form a guide or support for one side of the coin as thesame passes downward. The turned over portions are held properly inposition for forming a guide for the coin by the action of springs 1616.The plates 12 and 13 are adapted to extend from openings 10-1O tosubstantially near openings 17-17 formed in plate 13. The plate 13 isoffset at 18-18 to form a plate 19. The openings 17-17 are at the point18-18 and arearranged as a continuation of the guide ways formed byplates 11, 12 and 13 so that as the coins pass down the guide ways thesame will pass to openings 1.7-17 and take a position in front of plate19. As the coins pass in front of plate 19 they at the same 1 l l 1 1y 1l l time occupy positions at the rear of plate 20 forming part of theejecting frame or carriage 20 carrying the ejectors 7 and 8. As one ofthe coins thus takes a position between plates 19 and 20 it is adaptedto rest upon an inclined projection 21 which, together with plates 19and 20, guides the coin to a position beneath a projection 22, a hook23, and a releasing arm 24. When the coin is in this position the sameis ready to be grasped by releasing arm 24 and hook 23 and at the sametime cause ratchet arm 25 to engage the bottom edge of plate 20 so as toprevent a return movement of the ejector carriage 20 until the same hasbeen y j l l forced into its extreme outermost position and the coinreleased and at the same time merchandise has been discharged. After thecoin has taken a position between hook 23 and arm 24 plunger 26 isforced inward to the position shown in Fig. 4 which is almost theextreme inward movement. From this position the plunger continues tomove inward until the curved up or cam shaped end 27 of releasing arm 24strikes against plate 19 and forces arm 24 downward upon its pivotalmounting 28. As arm 24 moves downward the same strikes against a bentover or hook shaped member 29 projecting from ratchet arm 25. This willforce the teeth of arm 25 out of engagement with plate 19. When hookshaped member 27 has lowered arm 24 the same will free the coin whichwill then drop to the bottom part of framework 2 and remain therein. Atthe same time that the coin is thus released ratchet arm 25 is releasedso that the plunger 26 and carriage 20 may return to their originalpositions under the action of spring 30. Upon the movement of thecarriage 20, the ejecting member 7 or 8 as the case may be that is heldelevated by the coin engaged by hook 23 and arm 24 is caused to strikeagainst the lowermost package or article to be vended (Fig. 2) andforced from chute 9 against the back of housing 1. From thence it fallsagainst the deflector 31 from where it may be removed by the purchaser.hen a coin is placed in aperture 10 the same is designed to operateejecting member 8 and when placed in aperture 32 the coin will operateejecting member 7. When a coin has been placed in aperture 10 the samewill hold ejecting member 8 in the position shown in Fig. 2 but willpermit ejector member 7 to move downward below chute 9 and then outward.By this construction and arrangement only the ejecting members operatedby a coin will force from the respective magazines the packages to bevended, as the ejecting member not operated by a coin will moveclownward and thus not come in contact with any of the packages in themagazines. In order to accomplish this spring 30 engages a spider 32which is pivotally mounted at 33 in frame or carriage 20 and has arms 34and 35 respectively engaging ejectors 7 and 8. Spring 30 is normallyunder tension, but permits a free reciprocatory movement of frame 20. Asejecting members 7 and S are pivotally mounted upon a shaft 28 the samewill be given a tendency at all times to rest against plate 20 oragainst beads or offsets 18 according to the position of the frame 20,spring 30 acting through spider 32 causing the ejecting members 7 and 8to act in this manner. VFhen a coin is being held in place by lever 24and hook 23 the respective ejector 7 or 8 as the case may be will beheld in a raised position as clearly seen in Fig. 5 so that extension 38will strike the articles to be vended and force the same from theirparticular magazine. In this manner the extension 38 which strikes thearticle and forces the same from its respective magazine is heldelevated until it has passed entirely through the magazine and then itis released and permitted to be lowered by spring 30 acting throughspider 32. This releasing and lowering of the ejector and its extension38 is caused by the hook shaped or cam end 27 of lever 24 strikingagainst the lower edge of plate 19. As the hook shaped or cam portion 27strikes against the lower edge of plate 19 lever 2a is lowered and inits downward movement comes in contact with extension or bent overportion 29 and forces the same, together with arm 25, downward and outof engagement with plate 19. This will not only permit the ejector andextension 38 to be lowered but will also permit the entire ejectorcarrying frame 20 to return to its original position as shown in Fig.at, ready for an other operation.

The ejecting members proper are formed preferably from a single piece ofmetal bent so as to have a substantially U shaped construction at thelower part, and an arm at the upper part upon which is mounted extension38. The U shaped part of the ejector is formed from legs 39 and 40through which is passed shaft 28 for forming a journal bearing therefor.These legs 39 and to are connected by a plate n at their upper ends towhich may be secured aplate 42 that forms a shelf against which thearticle forced from the magazine rests as the same is forced from therespective magazine. The leg 40 extends upward and is formed into an arm13 that has a bearing surface st-ft that is adapted to rest against oneof the beads 18. The arm 43 has an extension 38 formed thereon that isadapted to engage the article to be vended and force the same from itsmagazine. Formed in leg 40 is a slot through which a retaining bolt 46is passed for engaging an adjusting arm or lever 47. The arm or lever 47is pivotally mounted upon shaft'28 and has pivotally connected therewithlever 2t. Slot l5 is preferably struck on the arc of a circle with thecenter at the center of shaft 28 so that by adjusting bolt 46 in theslot arm 47 may adjust the position of lever 24 so to grip any desiredsize coin as to properly operate in connection therewith.

In order to cause the ratchet arm to engage plate 19 a spring 4-8 ismounted upon shaft 18 between members 39 and 40 and has one end of thespring engaging leg 39 and the other end engaging the ratchet lever.This will give the ratchet arm a continuous tendency to move upward uponits pivotal point which is shaft 28. A lug 49 is formed on arm 25 and isadapted to engage or strike against leg 40 for preventing the arm frommoving beyond a predetermined distance upward. The ejecting members 7and 8 are mounted upon a single shaft 28 that is supported upon ears 50and 51. There is also a pair of ears 52 and pressed out from the frame20 for holding the respec tive ejecting members 7 and 8 in posit-ion andin loose contact with the ears 50 and 51. All of the ejecting membersare made preferably alike in their various detailed construction andarrangement, and the same are arranged to operate in pairs. However, theejectors may be arranged so as to be right and left, that is, forinstance leg 10 of one ejecting member may bear against lug 50, andanother leg corresponding to leg 40 in the other ejecting member bearagainst ear 51 so that when arranged in this manner the extension 38engaging the respective packages in the magazines will be on theoutside.

For the ejecting members 7 and 8 are provided slots 10 and 32 thatpermit the in sertion of a coin in the runways or slides formed bymembers 12 and 13, and also plate 11. lVhen a coin has been passed intoeither of the slots and has been engaged by lever 2 1 and hook 23 andthe ejector moved rear wardly a short distance plates 5% and move downupon their respective pivots 56 and 57 and close both of slots 10 and32. Both slots are closed even though the coin has only passed into oneslot. This is arranged in this manner so that a second coin can not beplaced in the machine while the first coin is operating the mechanismthereof. In order to cause these plates and to move across the slots 10and 32 springs 58 and 59 are adapted to engage arms GO-and 61 projectingfrom the plates, and normally press against the same in such a directionso as to give the respective plates a tendency at all times to close therespective slots. Springs 58 and 59 are journaled upon bars 62 and 63that in turn are mounted in suitable ears turned up or formed from plateI 13. The opposite ends of springs 58 and 59 to that which engages thearm extending from plates 5-it and 55 engage by rocking members 12 and13. The rocking members 12 and 13 are loosely journaled upon bars 62 and63 but are rigidly secured to cross bars 6% and 65 which in turn areloosely journalcd 011 bars 62 and 63. By this con struction whenever therocking members 12 and 13 are moved the same will press upon the ends ofsprings 58 and 59, and will also release plates 5:4. and for permittingthe respective springs to close their respective slots, the respectiverocking members 12 and 13 having a projection that normally restsbeneath plates 54 and 55 and bears against the same so as to leave therespective slots 10 and 32 open. lVhen the rocking members 12 and 13 aremoved the ends that project beneath the respective plates are moved forpermitting the free action of plates 54 and 55 for causing therespective springs to act upon the respective plates for causing thesame to close their respective slots 10 and 32. The rocking members 12and 13 are provided with arms 66 and 67 that are adapted to engagereciprocating cam members 68 and 69. The respective cams 68 and 69 areprovided with raised portions 7 O7O that cause the movement of arms 66and 67 upon the reciprocation of the respective cams, the respectivearms resting against the cam at its lowest point when the mechanism isin its normal position. After a coin has been placed in the device andplunger 26 forced in a short distance the respective cams 68 and 69which are rigidly secured to frame 20 move back therewith, andconsequently permit the raised portions 7 O-70 of the respective cams tomove arms 66 and 67 for rocking members 12 and 13. By this constructionit will be observed as the plunger begins its movement the respectiveplates 54 and 55 begin to move downward across slots 10 and 32, and willremain across said slots-for closing the same until the plunger has comeback to its normal position.

Secured to the cross bars 64 and 65 are magnets 71 and 72 that extenddownwardly therefrom to a point in the rear of where the respectivecoins stop after the same have been placed in slots 10 and 32 and beforeplunger 26 has been moved. Plate 19 is apertured at these points, andthe apertures are countersunk or beveled off from the side opposite thecoin, so as to permit the respective magnets to contact with the coinsas the same take their place preparatory to the operation of plunger 26.If the coin contains any magnetic material, as iron or steel, the magnetwill hold the coin in place until hook 23 and arm 24 h ave moved a shortdistance from plate 19 and will then release the coin. By the time thecoin is released notched out portion 73 in arm 24 and hook 23 has movedaway sufficiently from plate 19 to permit the coin to drop down into thebottom part of the machine and will consequently not operate theejectors. In order to hold the magnets in their proper position springs74 and 75 are mounted upon bars 62 and 63 with one end engaging plates12 and 13 and the other engaging plate 13. This will normally hold arms66 and 67 against the beveled portions 70-70 and also the respectivemagnets so that the lower end will be in a position for magnetizing anycoin having magnetic material therein.

It will be observed that arms 24 are normally held elevated by means ofa spring 76 which is mounted upon the inner end of plunger 26 and as therespective ends of the spring engage the respective arms 24 of theejecting members 7 and 8.

Mounted upon the respective frames 2 and 3 are a plurality of pairs ofmagazines 9 which are identical, and therefore the description of onepair will be sufiicient to disclose the structure of the other. The pairof magazines 9 are divided into chutes or magazines proper 9 and 9 (Fig.6). The magazines 9 and 9 are provided with a base plate 77 that isformed with a guiding notched out portion or pair of grooves 78 whichengages a guiding bar 79 that is rigidly secured to the frame 2. Thebase plate 77 is formed with overlapping members 7 9, 80 and 81, theoverlapping members 79 and 81 forming supports for the matter in themagazines while member 80 holds in position a supporting plate 82 thatprojects a short distance beyond the sides of each of the magazines 9and 9 so as to act with the respective supports 79 and 81 in supportingthe articles to be vended. All of the supporting members are curveddownward attheir outer edge to permit the free removal of the article tobe vended when any of the extensions 38 are forced through therespective magazines. In order to accommodate the respective extensions38 the base plate 77 is cut out at 83 and 84 so as to permit the freepassage of the extension as clearly seen in Fig. 2.

As the package to be vended is forced from the respective magazines thesame forces back the pivotally mounted or hinged plate 85 which isjournaled upon a shaft 86 and is normally held across the rear openingof the magazine by a spring 87. This pivotally mounted plate is adaptedto prevent the accidental removal of the article to be vended but doesnot interfere with the positive removal of the Various articles when themechanism is properly operated. However, in order to regulate the sizeof the article to be vended a plate 88 is positioned between a plate 89that carries the pivotally mounted plate 85 and the rear wall of themagazine. By reason of elongated slots 90 and 91 in plates 89 and 88respectively plate 88 may be adjusted for permitting articles of variousthickness to be vended from the magazine. The plates 88 and 89 are heldin place by suitable bolts 92 that also hold in place a cross bar 93.The cross bar 93 is adapted to not only hold these plates in positionbut to rigidly hold the lower ends of the magazine in position. Theupper ends of the magazine are held in position by cross bar 94 asclearly seen in Fig. 6.

In assembling the magazines with the mechanism shown in Fig. 3 thenotched out portion 78 is slipped over plate 79 and lugs 95 and 96 passon the inside of the side plates of frame 2 and between lugs 97 and Fitto the preferred construction for forcing on said rockable lever forcausing said rock the lowermost pieces of merchandise in the chute outinto deflector 31 ready to be taken up by the purchaser. While theejector beneath chute 9 is ejecting merchandise from chute 9 the e zine104: will move downward will not operate wheel 12%.

Chute is preferably formed double so that merchandise in bulk may beseparately vended from magazine 103 and 10a and also so that therespective merchandise will not be mixed during the vending thereof. Aplate 134: is bolted or otherwise rigidly secured to chute 1:20 and isformed with a hook shaped extension 135 that is adapted to engage across bar 186. This will positively hold the lower end of the chute inosition the upper end being positively held in position by beingpositioned upon the cross bar 135 and then engaged by the lower end of aremovable front piece 4:. The frontpiece 1 is formed with dependingportions that project through apertures in bar 136 so that after thefront piece a has been placed in position the same cannot be removed atits lower end. in order to prevent the removal at its upper end asuitable lock 139 is provided. By this construction and arrangementwhenever it is desired to remove any of the parts of the mechanism lock139 is operated and then front plate a is removed. This will permit theremoval of the remaining parts as may be desired.

XV hat I claim is:

1. In a vending machine, a slidable carriage, a plunger for operatingsaid carriage, an ejector carried by said carriage, a coin grip, aratchet arm connected with said ejector and adapted to normally preventthe return of said ejector, and means for moving said ratchet arm to aninoperative position for permitting the return of said carriage and saidejector.

In vending machine, an ejector, a carriage therefor, means for movingsai carriage, a ratchet arm connected with said ejector and adapted tonormally prevent the return of said ejector, and said carriage, and arockable lever for moving said ratchet arm to an inoperative positionfor permitting the return of said carriage and said ejector, saidrocking lever being formed with a cam shaped end for unlocking the leverwhen the same has moved to its extreme outer posi tion.

In a vending machine, an ejector, a carriage therefor, a hook on saidcarriage for engaging a coin, a roclrable lever for engaging said coinfor assisting said hook in holding the same in position, means foradjustably connecting said ejector with said rockable lever, a ratchetarm for preventing the return of said ejector after the same hascommenced its inward movement, and a cam ector positioned beneath magatothe rear but able lever to release said ratchet arm and re coin, andmeans for returning said ifter said coin has been released.

1 a vending machine, an ejector, a is therefor, means for guiding a coinition sinst said carriage, means for aid coin and holding the same ilcarriage at the same time 1d ejector in an nicnet arm for preventing thereturn of crriage until said ejector has ejected article to he landed,and a cam shaped her for disengaging said ratchet arm permitting thereturn of said carriage and for at the same time releasing said coin,neans for returning said carriage and or when said ratchet arm has been1 5 viv g carriage therefor, a cam secured d carriage, a rocking plateadapted to he .ctnatcd by said cam upon the reciprocation of saidcarriage, and a magnet connected with said rocking plate and projectingdownward into proximity to the coin slide for preventing spurious coinsfrom operating the ejector previous to the movement of said carriage,said magnet being removed by said rocking plate from proximity to saidcoin sli le after said arriage has been moved. I

6. in a vending machine, a coin slide, an ejector, a carriage for saidejector, means for moving said carriage, means for causing the coinpassed through said slide to connect said carriage and said ejector, anda magnet normally in proximity to said coin slide but removed therefromwhen said ejector has been moved for delivering an article.

7. In a vending machine, an ejector, a coin slide for permitting theinsertion of a coin, said coin slide being formed of a stationary platehaving a slide-way on each side thereof and a pair of rockable platesformed with slide-ways therein that act in conjunction with the slideways on said stationary plate, and means connecting said ejector andsaid rockable plates for causing the slide-ways in said roclrable platesto move a 'ay from the slide-ways formed in said stationary plates.

S. In a vending machine, an ejector, a coin slide for permitting theinsertion of a coin, said slide being formed of spaced ways, means forrocking one of said. ways for ejecting any foreign matter forcedtherein, and means connecting said ejector and said rockable way forcausing movement of said rockable way when said ejector is moved.

9. In a vending machine, an ejector, a coin slide for permitting theinsertion of a coin, said slide being formed of a stationary way and arockable way, means for rocking said rockable way for dumpingforelevated position,

vending njiachine, a coin slide, an

98 and 99 and 100. This will positively hold the magazines in properrelation to the extensions 38 and to the various ejectors connectedtherewith so that upon the insert-ion of a coin the proper ejector willbe operated for ejecting the proper kind of merchandise.

It will be noted that the magazines 9 and 9 are spaced a short distanceapart but if desired the same may be made larger or only one of the samemay be made larger and yet the same ejecting mechanism used for ejectingmerchandise therefrom.

In some vending machines it is desirable to vend articles of apredetermined size and also from the same machine vend merchandise inbulk. In order to accommodate this kind of trade I have arranged to usethe mechanism shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 with simply the addition of anarm or striking member 101 to operate the mechanism for dispensing orvending merchandise in bulk, the remaining mechanism and ejectoroperating in the usual manner.

In the modification in which merchandise in bulk is vended a housing 1similar to housing 1 is used and magazines 9 and. 9 are used similar to9 and 9 but arranged as a simple magazine instead of being connectedtogether in pairs. In order to support themagazines 9 and 9 andmagazines 103 and 104 a bracket 105 is rigidly secured to the housing 1which supports the respective magazines in their proper position.Auxiliary brackets 106106 are secured to bracket 105 and are adapted tobe engaged by brackets 107-107 on the respective magazines 9 and 9*. Bythis arrangement brackets 107107 are simply hooked over the outer endsof brackets 106-106 which will properly support the magazines 9 and 9The upper ends of the magazines may simply rest against the housing -1if desired, but usually I provide guiding pins 108 and 109 for properlyholding the same in a substantially vertical position. Formed inbrackets 105 are slots 110 and 111 into one of which is fitted adepending flange 112 from a bracket 113. Bracket 113 is rigidly securedto a spider 114 upon which hopper 115 is mounted. Hopper 115 isconnected with magazine 104 so as to feed merchan dise from magazine 104to the hopper for proper vending. Magazine 103 is provided with a hopperand various other mechanism similar to the magazine 104 and associatedmechanism so that the description of magazine 104 and associatedmechanism will clearly apply to magazine 103. Spider 114 is providedwith a chute 115 that is formed from an extension 116 east integral withthe spider and a plate 117 preferably made from sheet metal thatcontacts with the hop per 115 a short distance above an aperture 118formed therein. The cast portion 116 of chute 115 is beveled at 119 soas to permit the free feeding of merchandise from hopper 115 through thechute 115 to a chute 120 that is provided with a door 121 which in turnis normally closed by av spring 122. Pivotally mounted upon a shaft 123is a wheel 124 formed with a plurality of projecting lugs 125 that areadapted to be engaged by arm 101 when the ejecting mem er carrying arm101 is being held elevated by a coin. As the plunger 26 is forced inwardarm 101 engages one of the lugs 125 and partially rotates wheel 124, andconsequently moves shaft 123 sufficiently far to cause one of thepockets 127 to move above opening 118. Pockets 127 are formed by blades128 and by the sides of hopper 115. The wheel 124 moves only a shortdistance and as shown in the drawings only one sixth of a revolution oneach outward move ment of arm 101 and is then held rigidly againstmovement by spring 109 which is rigidly secured to bracket 113 the lowerend of the spring engaging two of the lugs as clearly seen in Fig. 14.

lVhen it is desired to purchase some of the merchandise as containedinmagazine 104 a proper size coin is placed in slot 130 and plunger 26is forced inward. This will operate the mechanism for causing both ofthe ejecting members connected with the plunger to move outward but willonly cause the ejecting member beneath magazine 1104 to remain in anelevated position. As the plunger moves outward the ejecting memberbeneath magazine 9 will move downward and pass beneath the same withoutejecting any merchandise therefrom, but the ejecting member belowmagazine 104 will move straight out and arm 101 will strike one of thelugs 125 and move the same sufliciently 05 far to cause a new pocket 127to come above opening 118, the respective pockets 127 having beenpreviously filled with merchandise contained in magazine 104 by thepassage downward of the same through aperture 131. It will be observedin this connection that the respective plates 128 do not extend entirelyto the dividing plate 132 that contains aperture 131, but falls shortthereof in order not to permit the clogging of any of the merchandisebetween any of the blades and plate 132. The pockets 127 being full,with the exception of one directly above opening 118, it will be evidentthat when shaft 123 is rotated as for instance a one-sixth of a turn anew pocket will be brought above opening 118 and all the merchandisecontained therein will pass through chute 115 into chute 120 and will bein a position to be removed by the purchaser upon simply opening door121. If some of the merchandise in magazine 9 should be desired a coinis placed in slot 133 and then plunger 26 is operated. This will causean ejector to be operated similar eign matter from said slide, a plateconnected to said rockable way and adapted to move across the entranceof said slide on the rocking of said rockable way, and means connectingsaid ejector and said rockable way whereby said rockable way will berocked upon the operation of said ejector.

10. In a vending machine, an ejector, a coin slide for permitting theinsertion of a coin, said slide being formed of a stationary way and arockable way, means connecting said rockable way and said ejectorwhereby upon the movement of said ejector said rockable way will berocked, and a magnet se cured to said rockable way and having one end inproximity to the coin after the same has been inserted into the slide,whereby a slug of magnetic material will be held against operating saidejector.

11. I11 a vending machine, an ejector, means upon said ejector forengaging a coin for causing said ejector to operate, a slide for guidinga coin to said ejector, and guides for guiding said coin from the coinslide to the ejector which are of a size suflicient to guide only asubstantially perfect coin.

12. In a vending machine, an ejector, a

coin slide, a coin seat for receiving a coin from said coin slide, aguiding member for guiding a perfect coin to said coin seat butpermitting a coin of less than the correct thickness to pass by saidcoin seat, and means on said ejector for engaging said coin after thesame has reached its seat, and means for operating said ejector.

13. In a vending machine, an ejector, a coin slide, a coin seat forreceiving a coin from said coin slide, means on said ejector forengaging said coin including a pointed member that presses against oneside of said coin for holding the coin in proper position,

' and means for operating said ejector, said pointed member beingarranged to press against said coin and hold the same in position forpermitting the operation of said ejector for causing the rejection ofslugs with a hollow center and slugs of yielding material.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADOLPH RYDQUIST. lVitnesses Y THos. A. RYAN,

MARIE N. BURKE.

